193. North and South
The Jews their beds and offices of ease,Placed north and south for these clean purposes;That man's uncomely froth might not molestGod's ways and walks, which lie still east and west.
Words in this poem
- molest v. t.
- To trouble; to disturb; to render uneasy; to interfere with; to vex. [F. molester, L. molestare, fr. molestus troublesome, fr. moles a heavy mass, load, burden. See 3d Mole.]
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
About this text
193. North and South is in the public domain. This text is taken from The Hesperides & Noble Numbers: Vol. 1 and 2, Project Gutenberg ebook #22421; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
Cite as: Robert Herrick, 193. North and South, in Hesperides (1648), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #22421, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/herrick-hesperides/193-north-and-south.html, id L06204.
Form and metre
193. North and South is 4 lines in a single stanza. It is in rhyming couplets. The lines average 10.0 syllables. 1 line ends on an unstressed syllable, a feminine ending.
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Rhyme words, stanza by stanza
The word that ends each line, lettered by the rhyme it makes; a dash is a line whose rhyme the dictionary could not confirm.
- 1 AABB easeA · purposesA · molestB · westB
Scansion, line by line
Each line with its syllable count and the stresses the words themselves fix: / stressed, ˘ unstressed, · a syllable the word leaves free and the metre decides. How this is done.
| Line | Syl. | Stress |
|---|---|---|
| The Jews their beds and offices of ease, | 10 | ·····/˘˘·· |
| Placed north and south for these clean purposes; | 10 | ·······/˘˘ |
| That man's uncomely froth might not molest | 10 | ··˘/˘···˘/ |
| God's ways and walks, which lie still east and west. | 10 | ·········· |
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